Hamburg: Speicherstadt Food Tour, 7+ Tastings & Labskaus
Eat your way through Hamburg's historic Speicherstadt and old town, tasting Franzbrötchen, Fischbrötchen, Labskaus and a mystery Secret Dish with a local guide.
Playground Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster in St Pauli, Hamburg.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Open daily. The pour-over flight is the way to taste the current bean range; whole-bean retail on the shelves.
Eat your way through Hamburg's historic Speicherstadt and old town, tasting Franzbrötchen, Fischbrötchen, Labskaus and a mystery Secret Dish with a local guide.
3-hour culinary city tour through the HafenCity, ending at the Störtebeker on the Elbphilharmonie Plaza. Five different specialties to taste.
Discover Hamburg's BLOCKBRÄU brewery at the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken. Tour the brewhouse, taste two freshly tapped beers, and enjoy a pretzel right on the Elbe waterfront.
Address: Detlev-Bremer-Strasse 21, 20359 Hamburg
Elbgold's roastery and flagship cafe on Lagerstrasse in Hamburg's Sternschanze has roasted specialty coffee in a former meat-packing hall since 2004.
Tip: Roastery viewing windows at the back; whole-bean retail and subscriptions available at the counter.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Speicherstadt Kaffeeroesterei on Kehrwieder in Hamburg's UNESCO Speicherstadt has run traditional long-time drum roasting in a red-brick warehouse since 1996.
Tip: Tours of the roastery on weekends; book ahead online. Whole-bean retail in the cafe.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya, Indonesia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Drum roasting, Whole bean retail
Public Coffee Roasters on Wexstrasse in Hamburg's Neustadt is the third-wave roaster's original cafe, with a small roastery, espresso bar and whole-bean.
Tip: Cafe seating limited; weekday mornings have a steady takeaway-heavy queue.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Rwanda, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Subscription, Whole bean retail
Stockholm Espresso Club on Peter-Marquard-Strasse in Hamburg's Winterhude pours and sells beans from the Swedish roaster Koppi, run by Hamburg native.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the bean range rotates with Koppi's seasonal lineup. Order via Aeropress, hand filter or siphon.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia
How they serve: Espresso, Aeropress, Hand filter, Siphon, Whole bean retail